How the Facebook ‘like’ button ruined the internet – and why it’s time to ditch the algorithm

With social media bans for children coming into force, Anthony Cuthbertson looks at why it might be time to get rid of the ...
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RIP: external 'Like' buttons. Facebook sunsets a relic of the old internet.

It's the end of a major Web 2.0 era. Meta announced on Monday that it would be sunsetting two once-major features on Facebook: The external "Like" and Comment" social plugins. In a post on its ...
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Like it or not, the Like button has changed the world

The internet wouldn't be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip. Like it or not, the button has served as a creative ...
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RIP: external 'Like' buttons. Facebook sunsets a relic of the old internet.

Facebook is killing off two external social plugins, the FB Like button and the FB Comment button. Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages It's the end of a major ...